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Analysts discuss the scope of tightening in Bund swap spreads and the impact on SSA spreads
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Sovereign, supranational and agency credits steamrollered through the potential roadblock of renewed volatility in peripheral European spreads to pull off a $9bn funding spree in dollars this week. Strong yield appetite, particularly in Asia, saw buyers embrace lesser known and lower rated SSA names such as Land Nordrhein Westfalen (NRW) — though the Republic of Italy had to widen its pricing.
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KfW benefited from the growing anxiety among investors over the sustained rally in US Treasury yields this week by issuing a $4bn 10 year global, its second outing in the format this year. Plunging yields are forcing investors out of short-maturity safe havens and Treasuries, said dealers, and the German agency is one of the very few issuers which could tempt investors out to a 10 year maturity.
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